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Gunner WILLIAM FRED BACKHOUSE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Hawkins

Date of Death

Died 19 July 1942

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY

Plot P. Row 4. Grave 11.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Alice Backhouse, of Gosport, Hampshire; husband of Florence Emilie Backhouse, of Gosport.
  • Personal Inscription BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES WILL ALWAYS LIVE IN MY BROKEN HEART. FLORRIE AND JULIE
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